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A huge glorious thank you to the amazing Laura Jane Grace for an unbelievable and teary-eyed Christmas. Watched her Cameo video approximately 3062 times. Cried every time.

This is goalie interference

This isn’t!

If Campbell tries to push through Toffoli instead of looking for a way around him RIGHT HERE, this is goalie interference. #leafsvshabs #rule69iseffed

This is goalie interference.

This isn’t goalie interference

We are going to talk about this article so buckle up. I am featured and I am not particularly happy with how I am featured in it, given the depth and breadth of what I discussed in my interview. I am not happy at the lack of nuance in the portrayal of autistic people 1/

🔗 This #AutismAcceptanceWeek we (Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ TheAutisticAdvocate Sarah Douglas Dr Felicity Sedgewick are thrilled to launch our Autistic Guide to Healthy Relationships, as part of our work on autistic experiences of intimate partner violence, funded by the Violence Abuse and Mental Health Network durham.ac.uk/research/insti…

Some big news! We are gutted to announce that Eilidh and Catherine Grainger as of the beginning of the year have left STAR. It's an immense loss that can't be under estimated. We live on though with Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ at the helm now!

📢 NEW STUDY ALERT📢 Looking for: ✅ Autistic adults 18+ (self diagnosis welcome) ✅ Proficient in English ✅ Based anywhere in the world To take a 20-25 min survey about autistic masking and intergenerational trauma. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/stirling/par…

📢 NEW STUDY ALERT Study on masking and identity development in autistic people Looking for: ✅ Autistic and Non-autistic adults 18+ (self diagnosis welcome) ✅ Proficient in English ✅ Based anywhere in the world To take a 20-25 min survey. Link: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/stirling/aut…

Genuinely think it's about time neurodiversity informed researchers get together and write guidelines for ethics committees about doing research with autistic people and their families and communities.

📢 New Study Alert! Looking for: ✔️ Autistic Adults 18 + (formal diagnosis NOT required) ✔️ Proficient in English ✔️ Currently living in the UK To ADVISE on a research project exploring everyday autistic-specific microaggressions. Link: research.sc/participant/lo…

NEW PRE-PRINT ALERT! Taylor Burns did an incredible MSc project this year with me on Identity distress as contributing to the effects of masking on autistic people's mental health doi.org/10.31219/osf.i… 1/

NEW PREPRINT ALERT! We used an AI image generator to understand social stereotypes of autism and prejudice towards autistic people. The results are... Frankly wild. A (kind of bizarre) thread. osf.io/preprints/osf/…

Please come along to this!! The zones and photos are beautiful.

🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT: CW: Abuse. Two papers out today in Autism In Adulthood from our Violence Abuse and Mental Health Network funded project on supporting autistic adults who have experienced intimate violence. The first paper focuses on meaning-making, and the second on intervention 🧵Thread (& links) incoming.

PUBLIC LECTURE: My end of The Leverhulme Trust fellowship lecture is on the 24th of September! It will be in person at @durhampsych and also streamed online. Tickets are available on Eventbrite. eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for-n…